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. 2021 Jan 18;19(1):63–90. doi: 10.1007/s11150-020-09540-9

Table 1.

Shares of households reporting Covid19 shocks

All HHs w/K-12 children By educational attainment of survey respondent Difference between HHs where R has <High school versus 4-year college degree
<High school HS or GED Some college or AA 4-year college degree Difference p-value
Lost employment income 0.559 0.661 0.621 0.594 0.427 0.233a 0.000
Food insufficiency 0.134 0.253 0.198 0.130 0.036 0.217a 0.000
Late paying rent or mortgage last month 0.170 0.240 0.209 0.193 0.085 0.154a 0.000
Not working due to Covid illness (self or caring for someone else) 0.011 0.021 0.020 0.009 0.003 0.018a 0.000
Number of observations 211,484 5686 24,057 67,904 113,837
Share of households (weighted) 1.000 0.103 0.393 0.308 0.299

All descriptive statistics are computed using sample weights. See appendix for detailed variable definitions

aStatistically significant at 1% level